Translation
Further proceedings in the case of the fiscal vs. Cohen, for smuggling
At the session, present as before, appeared Jacob Cohen, Jew, defendant, to respond to the charge made against him by the lord fiscal on the 23d of December concerning smuggled tobacco.
The defendant requested a delay in order to respond at the next court session, which he was granted, ady ut supra.
At the session the honorable lord Cornelis van Tienhoven, fiscal of New Netherland, made known how Jacob Cohen, merchant, concerning the hogsheads of confiscated tobacco in question, sought [ ] with him
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after deliberation [ ] authorised to settle with [ ] concerning the 11 barrels of confiscated [ ] maximum profit of the Company. Ady ut supra.
References
Translation: Gehring, C., trans./ed., New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 6, Council Minutes, 1655-1656 (Syracuse: 1995). A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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